Can opening and closing device



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Patented June 14, 1927..

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' FRANK J. SEER-HIT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CAN OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE.

Application filed November 15, 1928. Serial No. 148,346.

This invention belongs to that class of devices employed in connection with the opening and closing of condensed milk cans. It may, however, be applied to other cans or containers, in connection with which it can be practically used.

My device is very snnple, is cheap of manufacture, and highly eflicient in use, and possesses novelty and utility.

1 It is well known that it is diflicult to retain milk in a condensed milk can, after the same has been opened.

l/Vith my device, which is an attachment, readily applied to the can, the top of the can may quickly be punctured or perforated so that the milk can be poured out through the perforations and when not in use the perforators can be used to'seal the can, keeping the milk in a palatable and wholesome state, and condition, until the contents of the can has been entirely used.

Most, if not all, attachments of this class have been too expensive, too complicated for the use intended and impracticable for proper use in opening, sealing and closing the can. The simplicity of my attachment and its practicability in use, make it a desirable article of manufacture in its class and its features and advantages will readily become apparent from reading the following specification and the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification:

Fig. 1, is a plan view of a can with the attachment in position thereon and showing one perforation in the can top,

Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the can and the attachment, the attachment being shown in position,

Fig. 3, is a side elevation of the attachment, the can not being shown,

Fig. 4, is a sectional view taken on the line %4. of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5, is a sectional view, broken away, 5 and taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

In the drawing I show a. can 1, having the top or lid 2.

The attachment is formed of a metal strip or band 3, placed around the can and united at the top edge. of said can at point 4:, so as'to tightly-embrace the can 1. This is done in the following manner: The band 3, at its meeting edges or ends, is formed into curled cylinders or tubes 5 and 6; and these edges are held together by a locking memher 7 formed of a body part 8, a foot 9 and a curved extension 10. The body 7 is guided in the curled tube 6 and the extension 11) passes into the curled tube 5, to form a lock as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the foot 9 is used to slide the member 7 up and down in the curled tube 6, while the curled tube 5 is for the purpose of holding band 3 firmly to the can 1, the member 7 he m nipulated through the agency of said foot 9.

The band 3 is kept from working down by ears 12, which rest on the top of the can 1. They are formed integral with the band 3 and can be bent over onto t e top edge of the can 1. 7

The band 3 is kept from sliding off the can or moving upwardly by reason of ears 13 which are placed on the inside surface of band 3, passing through slots in the band and form stops or ears 13 which abut against the outer top edge of the lid or top of the can 1 (see Figs. 4 and 5).

The ears 13 are integral with the formed tubes 14 which are on the outside of the band and form guides for the members 15, formed so of bodies 16, feet 17 and curved extensions 18. The extensions 18 are pointed to assist in perforating or puncturing the top or lid 2 of the can 1, as well as forming a guide for making a seal for the punctured hole when the can is not in use, and the members 16 are carried downwardly which forms the seal. One of the punctured holes is shown at 19, Fig. 1, where the member 16 has been turned sidewise and dropped in lowered position as it will be when milk is being poured from the can.

In order to use the attachment to perforate the can top 2, the members 15 are elevated and placed in the position shown in Fig. 2, the can is then inverted and pressed down upon a tableor other support, the pressure forces the points 20 of the curved extensions 18 through the top 2, the extensions can then be elevated as the can has been turned face up and milk can then flow out through the perforations 19; when enough has been poured out the extensions 18 can be replaced and the perforations sealed as shown in Fig. 5; the members can be raised and lowered and turned by using the feet 9.

The band attachment may be made from any material and of any shape and attached to the can in any preferred way.

The perforators may be of any other form than herein shown and attached to the band in any preferred manner.

The band carrying the perforators, may be permanently attached to the can, ii preferred.

What I claim new and my invention and desire to secure by Letters ,ljatent is:

In a device of the charaeter described, a hand, said hand capable of passing around a condensed milk can, at the upper part thereof, tube-like formations on said band,perforator members, said perforator members extending into said tuhe-like formations and capable of moving upwardly or downwardly and turning therein, said perforators capable of perforating a can top through pressure exerted thereon and capable of being raised out of said perforations and moved out of line therewith, said periorators also capable oi. being moved back into position, to seal the perforations in the can top.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature at the city of Cincinnati, county 01 Hamilton and State of Ohio, this 11th day oi November, 1926.

FRANK J. STRE T 

